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Step 3: Write Paragraphs

Write 10-15 sentences per outline heading to complete your paragraphs.  

Use your notes.  You can work back and forth between changing the outline and your sentences.

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Step 2: Make an Outline

Step 2: Make an Outline

The outline is the skeleton of the essay and provides its structure. 

An essay that is 1,000 words requires a 10 sentence outline.  

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Jordan Peterson's Rules of Thumb for Note Taking

  • Take note of anything that catches your attention.  
  • Don't highlight or underline.  (That doesn't work.)  
  • Read a bit, then write down what you have learned or any questions that arise.  
  • Take about 2 to 3 times as many notes by word as you will need for your e...

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Jordan Peterson's Rules of Thumb for Writing

  • Your first draft should be 25% longer than your final draft.  This will give you material to throw away during the editing process. 
  • Each paragraph in your final draft should be about 10 sentences or 100 words long.  If your paragraph is much shorter than this, that is ...

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Step 7: Make a NEW Outline

After finishing your first draft:  write a NEW outline of 10-15 sentences.  DON'T LOOK BACK AT YOUR ESSAY WHILE YOU DO THIS!!! 

The purpose of this step is to force yourself to reconstruct your argument from memory.  Generally, when you remember something, you simpli...

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Steps 5&6: Reorder Sentences & Paragraphs

Within each paragraph, see if your sentences are in the best possible order.  Get rid of any sentences that are no longer necessary.  

Same for paragraphs:  They should help the essay flow in the best, most logical progression. Move the corresponding paragraphs until they are in ...

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Jordan Peterson's Editing Advice

  • Make your sentences shorter, eliminating all unnecessary words.  U should cut each sentence by 15-25%.
  • Make sure each word is precisely the right word to express your meaning.  Don't use vocabulary you haven't fully mastered.
  • Read each sentence aloud and listen...
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    Jordan Peterson Writing Template

    Jordan Peterson, a psychology professor at The University of Toronto, created a template for his students that takes them step by step through the detailed process of writing an essay.  

    For Peterson, writing is not just a matter of fulfilling an assignment; it is a skill with deeply existe...

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    Step 8,9&10: Repeat Editing & Add References & Format

    To continue improving your essay, you can repeat the process of re-writing and re-ordering your sentences, re-ordering your paragraphs, and re-outlining. Add references, links, biography. 

    Then format it: 12pt font, tabbed idents. 

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    The Levels of Resolution

    An essay exists at multiple levels:

    • The choice of words
    • The formation of sentences
    • The arrangement of sentences in a paragraph
    • The arrangement of paragraphs in a logical progression, beginning to end
    • The essay as a whole

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    Step 1: Choose Topic, Read & Take Notes

    Writing begins with these 3 steps:

    • Pick a topic: because your essay should answer a central question.
    • Make a reading list: You should aim to read 5-10 books before you write an essay. And plenty of online sources. 
    • Take Notes: of everything that cat...

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    Step 4: Edit Your Sentences

    Working paragraph by paragraph, take each one of your sentences and write a better version of it. 

     Peterson advises you place each sentence on its own line and write the revised version underneath.

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    Jordan Peterson
    "Thinking makes you act effectively in the world.  Thinking makes you win the battles you undertake...If you can think and speak and write you are absolutely deadly!  NOTHING can get in your way.  That's why you learn to write...It's the most powerful weapon you can possibly provide someon...

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    Step 7: Make a NEW Outline

    After finishing your first draft:  write a NEW outline of 10-15 sentences.  DON'T LOOK BACK AT YOUR ESSAY WHILE YOU DO THIS!!! 

    The purpose of this step is to force yourself to reconstruct your argument from memory.  Generally, when you remember something, you simpli...

    How to Write a Book Summary, Step-by-Step

    1. Decide who it’s for
    2. Start reading (with a “teacher mindset”)
    3. Highlight and take notes
    4. Write mini-summaries for each chapter
    5. Organize your mini-summaries
    6. Condense main points to a bullet list
    7. Use bullet list to write your final summary

    Just get something down

    Just get something down

    Don't get stuck in the process of trying to find the perfect words. Start by drafting something.

    Write down a bunch of sentences that relate to the outline you constructed. Then, you can go back and edit, to get rid of everything that doesn’t fit.

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